Category: HUB Opinion
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Honecker deserves consideration for prosecutor’s job
I have known Robert A. Honecker Jr., Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor, for over a dozen years, as colleagues on the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission, which he helped to found. In the event that Prosecutor John Kaye is not reappointed, I strongly recommend that Mr. Honecker be appointed to serve as Monmouth County prosecutor.…
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High school theater arts to get own awards
Count Basie launches awards to recognize student achievement RED BANK — The Count Basie Theatre is inaugurating awards that will recognize outstanding student achievement in dramatic and musical theater. The Basie Awards “will recognize the highest levels of individual and ensemble achievement in high school musical and dramatic theater in Monmouth County,” an announcement from…
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Obituaries
Robin Greenley Fleury Ms. Fleury, 33, of Keyport, died March 25 at home. Born in Belleville, she resided in the Belford section of Middletown and in Middletown Township before moving to Keyport one year ago. Ms. Fleury was a graduate of Middletown High School South. She is survived by her parents, Robert and Jane Picariello…
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Schiavo case underscores importance of living wills
Greg Bean Coda It’s now just over 20 years since my father lost his battle with cancer. He died on Father’s Day 1984. His illness was the only demon he ever faced that he could not conquer by sheer force of will, but he did not accept that going in. Days after he was diagnosed,…
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Obituaries
Anna Conk Mrs. Conk, 87, of Middletown, died March 18 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Rumson, she resided in Fair Haven for many years before moving to Middletown. Mrs. Conk was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Conk, in 1967. She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Richard…
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Finally, a pay-to-play law that makes sense
Coda Greg Bean Does it surprise anyone that the state’s new pay-to-play law has been in effect for less than a week, and already some people have figured a way around it? On March 22, acting Gov. Richard Codey signed into law a measure prohibiting the awarding of state contracts worth $17,500 or more to…
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Family fears effects of MOM rail line
An open letter to Sen. Peter Inverso I am 37 years old and have grown up here in central New Jersey. Ever since I was a little boy learning to ride my first two-wheeler (with the help of my father), I dreamed about what it would be like when I would be a grownup with…
